drugstore cowboy
Jul 29, 2011, 4:56 PM
I like this essay even if it is dated. The UK Musician Tom Robinson mentioned in the article does call himself bisexual and he's been out as bisexual for awhile.
The entire essay was too long to post so if you want to read it go to the link.
http://www.robynochs.com/writing/essays/biphobia.html
Biphobia
"If I pass for other than who I am, do you feel safer?" Lani Kaahumanu [1]
"If I pass for anything other than who I am, does it make me feel any safer?" Robyn Ochs [2]
Introduction
Bisexuality makes people uncomfortable. Many people wish that bisexuals would just go away, or at least not talk about it, because the very existence of bisexuality is seen as a threat to the social order. Declaring an open, unequivocal bisexual identity in either straight or gay/lesbian communities frequently results in experiences of discrimination, hostility, and invalidation.Bisexuals are frequently viewed by gay and lesbian-identified individuals as possessing a degree of privilege not available to gay men and lesbians, and are viewed by many heterosexuals as amoral, hedonistic spreaders of disease and disrupters of families.This "double discrimination" by heterosexuals and the gay and lesbian communities is seldom recognized or acknowledged as a force of external oppression, yet this oppression is real and has many damaging effects on bisexuals.
The entire essay was too long to post so if you want to read it go to the link.
http://www.robynochs.com/writing/essays/biphobia.html
Biphobia
"If I pass for other than who I am, do you feel safer?" Lani Kaahumanu [1]
"If I pass for anything other than who I am, does it make me feel any safer?" Robyn Ochs [2]
Introduction
Bisexuality makes people uncomfortable. Many people wish that bisexuals would just go away, or at least not talk about it, because the very existence of bisexuality is seen as a threat to the social order. Declaring an open, unequivocal bisexual identity in either straight or gay/lesbian communities frequently results in experiences of discrimination, hostility, and invalidation.Bisexuals are frequently viewed by gay and lesbian-identified individuals as possessing a degree of privilege not available to gay men and lesbians, and are viewed by many heterosexuals as amoral, hedonistic spreaders of disease and disrupters of families.This "double discrimination" by heterosexuals and the gay and lesbian communities is seldom recognized or acknowledged as a force of external oppression, yet this oppression is real and has many damaging effects on bisexuals.